Im bret baier. As students attended colleges across the northeast returned to classes antiisrael protesters are also making their presence known. We will take you there. A former top aid to new York Governor Kathy Hochul is accused of spying on behalf of the chinese government. Well explain. And after the Labor Day holiday, we are now in the final sprint to Election Day, 63 days until Election Day 2024. The countdown is on. But, first breaking tonight, middle East Policy is the focus of domestic Politics Tonight after the deaths of six hostages including a young american at the hands of hamas. President Joe Biden says israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure a Hostage Deal with hamas as critics say the Bidenharris Administration is not doing enough to hold hamas accountable. Biden officials insist the deal is still possible. But the president the president himself has avoided questions on israel since calling on the country to do more to release more than
Exactly one hour away from the first major test of the 2024 g. O. P. Primary season. The iowa caucuses. Now, more than 1600 caucuses across 99 counties, you can believe it or not. I have been covering to iowa for years covering these caucuses. This Year Isnt just the coldest, but also has the most riding on it. I will explain what is really at stake in moments. But, first, we have reporters at the headquarters of all the major candidates. First to trumps right here in Des Moines where Fox News senior national Correspondent Rich Edson is standing by. Rich . Rich you know, laura, its cold its icy. Some of the roads are impassable. They have talked to the weather all day long here. We talked to the candidates how that plays into the campaign. They say look, all the campaigns are dealing with this. One Campaign Aid said, look, we have the most dedicated Campaign Base in the history of american politics. Were not worried about our
Are getting this race wrong. Is he confident in his ground game. He thinks its going it turn people out. He thinks he has the infrastructure to be able to turn people out in huge numbers in these subzero temperatures. Keep in mind the work that he has done here in the state of iowa over these last six months or so. He visited all of iowas 99 counties. He got the endorsement of iowas popular republican governor kim reynolds, his Super Pac says they have knocked on nearly A Million doors in this State And Campaign says they have got about 1700 Precinct Captains going to go out there Tonight And Help turn people out to make sure they caucus in this cold weather. He feels when the dust settles its eventually going to be a Twoman Race between him and donald trump. He says Nikki Haley just isnt conservative enough to win the g. O. P. Primary. As for trump, he says trumps too focused on himself with his personal vendettas and his concerns about loyalty with people he knows. And that he didnt
Before coming here to watch party in des moines. Trump, for months, has had a wide lead in the g. O. P. Primary polls. Given that, we asked Campaign Officials how much the former president would need to win by to claim victory here. One said a win is a win. They are not trying to raise expectations though trump has been confident. We were doing very well in terms of popularity. We learned, actually, a lot from iowa. We went in New Hampshire by a lot. And then we ran out of the string. That was 2016 last time we did tremendously in iowa. This time we have a really great ground game. Rich Trump Camp canceled a couple of events in iowa this he could would. Campaigned here yesterday. His opponents have criticized him for what they say is dropping in at the last moment. The Desantis Campaign said a dessheffield Trump Find showed up in iowa. The Campaign Official said the president has put the work in and quoted jayz, sort of. Desantis has been to 99 counties and doesnt have a lead in one
The other side of it is we cant lose in november. Haley will make her final pitch in person at two different caucus Sites Tonight in and out of des moines. Now i will send it to my Friend Bill Melugin who is at team desantis headquarters. Bill hey, aishah, Governor Desantis says is he counting on his Ground Game to come through tonight. He points out to us that he has visited all of iowas 99 counties. He has earned the endorsement of the state wants highly popular republican governor kim reynolds. He said his super pac, never back down, has now knocked on 970,000 doors here in the hawkeye state. He said look, when the dust settles, he think this is essentially a Twoman Race between him and Donald Trump. He says Nikki Haley is simply not conservative enough to win a g. O. P. Primary. As for trump, he says the only things that Donald Trump cares about are loyalty and personal vendettas. He says the g. O. P. Has to choose a candidate, a nominee who can serve 8 years, not just four. And he